Professional Women's Hockey League injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Professional Women's Hockey League injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Canada dropped the first three games of last year's Rivalry Series against the United States before winning four in a row to take it. This year's edition, which begins Nov. 8 in Tempe, Ariz., has the new PWHL as a backdrop.

New women's pro hockey league injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Emily Clark hasn't played a hockey game in her hometown in over a decade. She was named to the Canadian women's team for the 2018 Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon.

New women's pro hockey league injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Emily Clark hasn't played a hockey game in her hometown in over a decade. She was named to the Canadian women's team for the 2018 Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon.

New women's pro hockey league injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Emily Clark hasn't played a hockey game in her hometown in over a decade. She was named to the Canadian women's team for the 2018 Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon.

New women's pro hockey league injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Emily Clark hasn't played a hockey game in her hometown in over a decade. She was named to the Canadian women's team for the 2018 Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon.

New women’s pro hockey league injects extra fizz into Rivalry Series

Emily Clark hasn’t played a hockey game in her hometown in over a decade. She was named to the Canadian women’s team for the 2018 Four Nations Cup in Saskatoon. An ill-timed leg injury before the tournament planted her in the stands wearing a walking boot. So the 27-year-old forward wants to play for Canada in this winter’s seven-game Rivalry Series against the United States that includes a stop in Saskatoon. “Who gets to play for the national t…